CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – In yet another sign that the state is heading into an extremely intense election next year, Cedar Rapids city council member Monica Vernon has collected the endorsement of more than a dozen high-profile Democrats in her bid for Congress in Iowa’s 1st District. (more…)

DES MOINES, Iowa – Newly elected Sen. Joni Ernst has been picked to deliver the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, a sign that she’s viewed as a growing power within the GOP. (more…)

URBANDALE, Iowa – Setting the stage for his sixth term in office, Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has announced an Inaugural Committee that includes some of the biggest political heavyweights in the state and those commissioned as honorary Iowa Colonels of the militia. (more…)